In vivo segmental motion of the cervical spine in rheumatoid arthritis patients with atlantoaxial subluxation

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-448

  Takatori, Ryota ^a   Tokunaga, Daisaku ^a   Inoue, Nozomu ^b,c   Hase, Hitoshi ^a   Harada, Tomohisa ^a   Suzuki, Hiromi ^c   Ito, Hirotoshi ^d   Nishimura, Tsunehiko ^d   An, Howard S ^b   Kubo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial subluxation; Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rheumatoid arthritis; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA BODY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE;

EID: 48949117150     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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